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American Airlines DFW to BOS on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.4%
89 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 67% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to BOS arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.4% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 67% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 55.2% on time, 3.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 58.0% on time, 1.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 55.3% on time, 2.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 46.1% on time, 1.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.1% on time, 2.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.0% on time, 11.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 71.3% on time, 4.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 77.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 69.2% on time, 3.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 55.3% on time, 6.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 54.0% on time, 2.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to BOS

Full DFW to BOS comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

2,643 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 89 cancelled, 5 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.